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Bugs hate smoke: How to build a portable "smoker" for camping

Flies, mosquitoes, gnats, nymphs and all other airborne insects have an intense dislike for smoke as many readers may know. Even though smoke has this polar relationship with bugs no one wants to be encased in smoke either, nor is...

Attention Campers; May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month

No one says camping is an extreme recreational sport, unless you are the type to park your car and hike into the wilderness for a week. However, with poisonous snakes, spiders, the possibility of cougars and disease carrying ticks and...

Camp planning: reliable fishing reports only a click away

Camping . . . It is twelve o'clock a.m. and the wind has now calmed to mere whisper transcribed into delicate waves bubbling up and down the shoreline. "The moon is bright tonight so the catfish will bite,"...

Spring camping events and reminders

Yes, Kansan’s are eager to go as the long days induce that “camping craze.” However, it is not time to go swimming yet (for most) and that is fine since spring can be a great time...

Will Zebra Mussels affect Kansas campers? Part two

If you have read the previous half of this article you have seen that Zebra Mussel's are not one of those overblown issues in the media, if anything it is under-blown. Let us...

Space, money, time and energy saving tips for Kansas camping adventure's

Get out the gear and ready the kid's, it's camping season! Well, for most, it's quickly arriving anyway. Here are a few simple camping tips that most any Kansas camper will appreciate...

Will Zebra Mussels affect Kansas campers? Part one

One may have heard about Zebra Mussels from news reports, which mainly conveys the responsibilities that boaters have and issues of water pipe clogging. Indeed serious topics, however, what about the camping side of lake/river use? Yes indeed many...

Attention campers; storm spotter training in Wichita and state wide

Folks, like it or not spring is on the way (who wouldn't want spring after this winter?) and with it will come more trips to the lake and severe weather. As previously discussed here at the Wichita camping...

There's more to camping than s'mores and swimming; A winter wonder camping story

It was a chilly twenty five degrees on a February Saturday. John was feeling a bit overrun with all that was going on in his life, so a well needed solitary camping trip was underway at Kanopolis Lake. See, he...

Poison Ivy invades Wichita and beyond

"Winter, spring, summer, fall, Poison Ivy loves them all." The stems, vines, roots, leaves and berries of poison Ivy will actively spread its poison to your skin, so you must be able to recognize the plant in all...

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Bugs hate smoke: How to build a portable "smoker" for camping

Attention Campers; May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month

Camp planning: reliable fishing reports only a click away

Spring camping events and reminders

Will Zebra Mussels affect Kansas campers? Part two

Space, money, time and energy saving tips for Kansas camping adventure's

Will Zebra Mussels affect Kansas campers? Part one

Attention campers; storm spotter training in Wichita and state wide

There's more to camping than s'mores and swimming; A winter wonder camping story

Poison Ivy invades Wichita and beyond

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